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POTTY TRAINING A PREMATURE CHILD

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My three year old son was born 12 weeks premature and weighed only 1lb 5oz. Although, hes overcome so much, hes still extremly small for his current age. Hes now 20lbs 4 oz and 33 in long. He sees speciality docs regualry but has not been diagnosed with anything. He is delayed a tad in speech and obviously his size. When he turned three I tried potty training him and he just wont. If I ask, or if Daddys around he(most of the time) will go on the potty. He has yet to have any bowel movements on the potty. When i ask him if hes "pooped", he says no. I really dont think he gets the whole "poop" thing yet. I dont know what to do, I want him to attend preschool a couple days a week but he needs to be potty trained. Any ideas?

My premature doe's everything fine, she ask for anything she wants except to say she need to potty. i ask her and she said NO and about a minute after she pee on herself and tell you to change her. She would cry if i try to put on a panties on her and ask for the pamper.

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